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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-08-17
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40, SO unb 60 Gents tnb aufpdrts.
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unb aufparts. @robe tiirtii9e 8abe.Sanbs
tiider au is, 16, 20 1nb 25 Gents.
@efraufeS Sanbtii9eraeug, bon $40 @t8.
Sbisen. .Sorbdmse gu 12t. l5, 20, 20, 80
Gents unb aufpdrts.
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18
roors Oh ErsrLAaE.

GOOD as the feed Is am fully con-
WINGED that / cannot afford { raise
roots for mich and butter cows. /
have thoroughly demonstrated to my
self that can entirely replace roots to
my own satisfaction and to the salts
faction Of the cows BY the silo and en-
ilage eror. The main thing the silo
viii do Is to take the place Of roots. ]
have figured this matter very closely,
and have satisfied myself that by feed
ing corn ensilage instead Of roots in
one year could save enough TO build
. Rood temporary silo, and In twOyears
could save enough to build a masonry
silo that would last for years. Pr.d.
Henry +. Alvord.
This may be gospel teaching for the
Eastern States or the Mississippi valley.
for aught we know, hut for the present
we would say, give us both, especially
when roots can be produced at the cost
they are produced here, and yet an ex-
change says:
1.-THE English have carried the pro-
ducti0n Of root crops 10 perfection;
vet they find ensilage much cheaper
source Of succulent food. As o conse-
quence, silos are rapidly on the increase
in England, and the acreage in roots Is
rapidly falling of. :"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

The Indiana Farmer says Of onions:
e When one cares for such havori x,
The oil, 10 obtain which firmly press a
alice Of the vegetable against CRATER,
is useful. A drop OF 10 goes long
way. AS a domestic medicine onions
have their uses. They are looked upon
as making one of the best pouitices,
when roasted, especi lly for that COM
mon winter complaint with children,
eRrache. For making, with sugar,
soothing syrup for colds, Group, ETC.,
onions furnish a widely famed remedy.
TIE vegetable is also believed 70 have
q quieting influence on the nerves; q
person subject TO wakefulness may Of
ten find relief from eating = couple Of
small ones before retiring. In cOun-
tries like Spain and Portugal onions
are used to an enormous extent as food;
very commonly the ordinary dinner OF
aWoFking man and his family Is piece
OF bread, with an onion for each man.
Those which are raised in \ mild eli
mate like that OF Bermuda are milder
than our own"
Yes, that is certain; a drop Of il does
60 long way In more ways than
one. For our own use drop Of onion
oil would last for several years. New
srtheless others like IL, aud there is no
doubt bat the free use Of onions Is
healthful, 50 Il is well not to turn up
our nose" at too great an angle, espe-
ciAlly a. those raised in a mild cli-
mate like ours are mild and tooth
some far beyond the Hoosier biting
kind.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

Mrs. Perkins aud Dolly went ahead
an = did the best for theiF hens, and. as
q natural consequence, the hens did
their best for them. Within = month
from the time they were brought on
the farm nearly every hen was laying
AM encouraged by 4 warm breakfast
every morning as soon as they could
see % eat ii, q supper Of grain the last
thing az night, a daily supply Of green
food. meat scraps three or four times
q week, water. oyster shells and gravel
ali the tine. and plenty OF room 10
scratch and vailoW in, they kept on
lavine right through the winter at a
rate which surprised Mr.. Perkins, and
delighted MIS-. Perkins and Dolly.
Sometimes Mr.. Perkins began 10 think
that II the hens kept On that way. his
chance for 4 new hat at Mr.. Peters q
exrsnse would be pretty small. Atoms
TIE latter part Of February the hens
bexan 70 set, and. a. Mrs. Perkins
know the value q early pallets. she
lei them SET, and By the hrst Of Nay
he had about three hundred chickens
| Ia little eoops scattered over the or
chard.
Tine Passed on. As Il Slways does
In ssories 81 out 81 them some o. The
| chickens died, and The hawks tool
soEae. bat most Of them lived and
rreW As chick ms that are vel fed and
vel cared for always do. Early IN ths
fall Ms. Perkins selected fifty q ths
hest puliets % keep over the rest, VITA
tha exception Of some Of the late
hafchea Chickens, which she kept 90
home consumption a. needed thrcugl
/ lie winter, were sent % EsarkEf, %
ralher with hall the cd hens Abou
thai tins tie eaEiieEt ruleis beGAn Z
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

On Thursday, December 81. We c.
horned thizky-two eoHA The loss ID
mix for tie frnt twenty-lour bosrs
vas one pound ard eaartsr % he
cor, and Tor The next day shres.t nfha
Il pound 70 The con. resulting IN A.
full for On he third dsy.
An hare done vel exeert one, and
that was our own fault-stnpidity, ws|
should cay. John he'd On % the horn
that the saw wns cutting, and Is broke
of. Fully six moz8ha Ago, while wit
mg the series Of Familiar Talks. an
anonymous communication. I q ofl
wit, sentiment and good sense, was re-
csiyed, but not printed because he
writer failed % enErust ns with his or
her name. 10 this letter. responding
TO the advocacy d dehorning, The
writer says Don't do Il. win ask
ia this connections, Il you ever saw q
luckless Gov with one horn knocked
or How she shuddsfs and shiveTs
, ith pain, and how for days abe Ian
guisheS! and yet you, . humane man,
propose 70 dehorn them b. the herd
can conceive Of no act more barhar-
GUS and cruel. and the authority Of an
existing statute 70 prevent cruelty 70 |
animals should be invoked 70 prevent
Il, and it Is 70 Be hoped some village /
Bergh with dauntlssz breast wiz arise
and demand It's enforcement" Yes,
we have seen that lucklsss COW
described, IN poor little Maud,
whose horn zee broke. and how she
q shuddered and shiyeFed. = and how
she bled, even until the third day, and
finally until we called the doctor in
and handaged her head; how she fell
Of her whole mess, nearly, and gave
but half pound instead Of nine at
milking. Along with this We have
seen the thirty-one, where the sharp
saw made clean cut. submit to the
operation with merely full breath or
two blown cut, 10 come into the stalls
in the evening As II nothing B d hap
pened; set back the foot to accommo-
date the milk pail; chew the eud in
contentment- in word, make no sign
Of resentment or injury. The " luck
less cow described and Maud with
her broken horn are a. different from
those with the clean-eut horns ~ would
be the person in its effect that would
simply cut the tlnger-nails or tear them
out By the roots. While We cannot
say that dehorling is absolutely pain
less, yet ii is so nearly 50 that, for all
practical purposes, Il h. It Is certain
that hundreds Of times on this farm
more pain has been inflicted by . horn
ing than can be inflicted by dehorn.
ing, and with us the practice has come
10 stay. When more than two thou
sand farmers Of given locality dehorn
thsiE herds, ~ has been reported, II Is
safe 10 say there Ia something In Il
more than sentiment. II this herd
could speak and reason, there can be
no doubt but large majority would
vote for dehoriing, for their own COM
fort and security from hurt from their
vicious neighbor.
The young cattle win now be de
horned and run In a closed shelter,
with free access to the hay rack, like a
flock Of sheep, secure from wind or
rain or horning," all because Of the
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18
OPENING TIE sILo.

On Saturday, the 10th Of December,
we opened the south silo. This was
an " event" for this farm, and we be-
lieve for the Territory as well. While
this has an economical side, there like
wise came a comical view in sight, or,
rather, in herring; or, rather, more
accurately speaking, into smelling.
Just why, We cannot say, but the very
top, when FIRST opened, "smelled like
the mischief" as one OF the men said.
Taking some Of the contents 10 the
house, Jane said " 1t stinks-take it
awayi" Oliver, coming in . little
later, noticing an " odor, " exclaimed !:
" Where have you been3" Three
times washing the hands still left the
/" odor" on them. 1.-The cows won't
eat that" said one. " Has IL kept7"
said another. But two Of Us went At
il IN earnest and took or awagon load
from the top for the young stock, and
then piled out feed for the COWS.
Thirty-two cows were on that side Of
the bsrn, and thirty-two cows were
eating ensilage in short order after IL
was within Their reach. The whole
came out yet hot, and, Is thrown upon
ne barn floor, the steam came up Is
from a boiling kettle. The tempsra-
ture Of the mass, however, was but 81
degrees; it had been stored nearly two
months, slowly cooking; anyway, II
was soft and moist. yet as sound - the
day it was put into the silo. The corn
> alksIooke a. Il they had been picked
and toasted, and smelled that way -
well, An ear Of corn stripped Of The
husk had the appearance Of roasting
ear cooked in an iron pot and discOl-
ored. All had sour taste and smell,
but no more 80 than the snsilage We
saw at three different places last April
in New York.
This siIo has unquestionably explod-
ed the theory that uncut ensilage win
not keep. for it viii. Whether Il is true
economy to store IL uncut b another
thing. We think il Is, II one Is moi
prepared 10 cut. but think the cut il
much better. With the uncut We could
not get the heat up high enough to SCI
sweet ensllage: that b now said to b
preferable
Farmers now can see for themselves
taste for themselves, and. for that mat
ter, smell for themselves, Il they hav.
. smell, for We have . hundred tons q
feed dring the next three months a
the creamery farm The bad smell,
| however, has all disappeared, and tn
| cows are eating the snsilAge now on
| the fifth day with increasing relish
with = slight gain in the milk.
| OF coarse, more VII Be said Of thil
later on, Is We gain more experiences
For the present We are vel sstishe'
| with the result, and expect % bnlt
more silos, pat up more enslage, and
70 produce mere milk than cOuld 9th
erwise be done upon the same acreage
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

The San Francisco Chronicle says:
The southern Paciiie Railroad
/ shipped East In October y, 900 900
/ pounds Of California fruits. The ship
ments were made up Of 10.524 SO
/ pounds canned goods; 1, OIL 40 p0unds
dried frzils; 1854 40 pounds gIeen
deciduous fruits; and 3. on, $50 pounds
/ 81 raisins."
This Il probably no more than half
and most likely not that. Of the Cali
fornia fruit shipments for one month,
or say thirty thousand tons a month
thousand tons 3 day. No wonder
that two hundred thousand people are
expected TO come 70 Californi this
win4eF, with such results spread broad
cast.
This land Of Washington Of ours has
as great a future before II in fruit e.
has been accomplished by California.
We have the climate and soil in both
divisions Of the Territory to produce
the apple, pear. prunes, plums, cher
ries and aIl the small fruits in endless
quantities; the peach and grape in 9
more restricted area, yet Of these In a
district larger than three Of the New
England states-practicalIy unlimited.
And yet we haze only made . begin
ming in fruit raising. One may ride
this land over, from one end 10 the
other, without finding q diseased pear
tree, yet all bearing young two, three
or four years old. In fact, this ten
dency TO bear young Is often to our
disadvantage, preventing the full de-
velopment Of the tree. We may, how
ever, count on a fair return In ave
years from planting any Of the fruits
named, sufficient 10 warrant the rea-
sonable expectation Of doubling the
value Of the land, with al increasing
ratio Of value for the space Of many
years 70 come.
This country can produce the AZ pie
Of far better quality than California,
and viii doubtless in the future, as has
Oregon in part in the past, be able 70
sell 70 supply the connoisseurs Of fruit
Of that greatstate their apples in great
part. The time Is not far distant when |
we shall see Washington Is famous for |
her fruit as she now justly is fos her |
wheat, wool, beef, or her lumber, coal |
and fisheries, and when her output VIII |
rival that Of California IN quantity and |
value in her palmiest days.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18
READING FROM ExPKRfESCE.
GARFrELp, Whitman Co. W. IT,
Dec. Tth 1857

FNN~ ttAAf AN9fs
Az. Editor Posr-ISTE1AfakScKR
sIa-l am an earnest reader Of your
" Familiar Talk" columns. You asked
Mr.. tAwton exactly what wanted 10
know, as far As you went. Ny pear
trees, six in number, grew like grape
vines, that Is, they twist round and
down--seem too heavy-do not grow
erect. What i wrongf VIII they be-
come erect when olderg They have
been out two summers on = northeast
slope in deep rieh soil.
cannot say, IS the writer from
Birch Bay, q" l am q stranger in this
country" "Oh, you can't raise fruit
up on this high plateau; srees burst
with frost, Sc One former nine-year
resident said this fall. " II had only
put out plenty Il fruit trees when I
came, irrespective OF general opinion.
l would ON have plenty Of fruit and
10 spare" and | have been standing
right in his track.
want % get out Of the mist, and
the " Farm aud Home department
comes fir when I pick up che paper.
NY faith Is increasing as 20 our raising
fruit here. want % plant cut small
orchard Of pears and plums. ] want
b kneH whether 10 place on q north
ern slope, IN deep rich soil, or on che
south, in deep Light ashy sod, similar
% Or timber soil. II any enc By expe-
rtence viii inform me. viii SET cut :
fnll dish when be passes this way--I
he does not come too soon. nlean
Just what / say. We poor farmers q
Eastern Washington cant pay SIS I
car TO send our wheat cut, and s.. Il
per cvt. freight 10 get fruit mp from
Oregon. have b n here ak winters
with apples one winters.
Now let as swop experiences, no
IDEAS only and have plenty 81 Eoos
things TO eat pat out 40 trees on !
northeast ,lope, In loose. rich sod, Oct
Nth, 1851, Just as they came fr0n th'
nursery. The spring OF ISIS Was dry
/ DOW have twelve tTeeS and four var
etseS, Mr.. LAWfon 5 fail hSf complete
save Early HarveSt-lronesad BY expe
rienee. have Mr.. IAwton's list, an,
4 any q the varieties be Enentiupa u
bis letter will not stand the test In 81,
Whitman connty, any one viii ccnts
a favor Il q g lea me know their exre
Renee.
! tried my luck again last spri'I
With trees healed over winter. ldippcI
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

-. ana soon aEserwarAa The day !. .
ssrk1nlngs iNst = yeaF from ~ a.
~: Perkins 1.eazrEed Uut - - -
WllIls szrIairnsa 1fr. Psrkins. ~
- he he4 carefully eon4 oge< -
whole accounf fo< Tie flllrd tins, e g
oEeE and shove kks cost q keeFzn -
hena and Eaisins The chieksnas and
Fon'xs E0t = more pullsis tAAn y1n
had % begin vita q say noenlnG 9.
sele Chickens youaFe nGFed OF . 81 !
hetsegs IL EtYe II hat poultry kesp-
inB PAYS esp eiallT Nhsn managed g
ny te and daaFh1eE. Your hall q
sAe pEu1ts tbs rear wont buy ~ e.
eans Dolly. bat youM fetch Il another
yeAKs Il you do aa weil accordingly %
sssFensy-Ave hens - ycu have done On
they did eysn beltsr ne naxt year.
and Dolly had hsx organ, and her
mother had tie neH parlor carpet and
several other things that she had -
her heart On. By thai time Mr.. Per
klns hed % much couhdence In The
h1n business that when Dolly proposed
smother house and var and c0nge-
nleuces fcr raising early brufierz, he
tek IN with the idea, and the other
house was built
That was half . dozen years ago. and
the hen business, under The manage
meat 81 Mrs. Perkins and her dangh
Ter, has proapered and increased eEerY
year aimee. Last year Is p&id them 3
clear profit Of nearly e0D0. Perkins
feels decidedly proud o their success.
and has been heard to declare that
hens paid better than any other stock
On the farm.-fFnnny Field.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

Nv rposE III = sosh Il dsxs aud mntns
feses ~ GrSt pInni5ne. RxInsd s
4rslni rafnea Al harvest. been rain.
winter = = eo1ae md nay thsn thcm
CT ~ LaNton, ca amaH fruits.
e91 { link much 81 lie cuErnnt end
9ose1eFxg Well I dont, elkhar,
Axe hesn taking them ntnniEhf ever
since ] came 20 Falouse He says they
are 100 wprmy Hos do I cut
Ne tips q the brush "a, bec4uss there
ars Ne elcHterH. FLlaiity gees % re-
ksQdsee iis SEED 4 any one douslz
us, - tWo cucunebeFs set On Tor 4eed
and note how L VA st ca TIE PICKLE
au<at Then i HcatteF wheAt al
throuxh the bushes and he KnRhorn
g. snktns remove al worms and leaves
clean and nice. Just - freezing wea-
tner sets IN hagl from the cor corral
asid place around he roots, for goose
berries here, where dso1lh and mould
bother. put straw vet with salt brine
Aroand The roots. and stand commit
-. Ny talk i getting lengthy. 4
close. hoping 10 read much more from
experiences. ~YourS, truly,
LKwTs G. Low.
Newoaid Be glad 70 hear from other
Of car east III mountain readers
e . fhegrowfh Of the pear. WehaFe
had no such experience e. j. described.
hence could answer only By theory /,
which Is not what i wanted Il ID.
however, safe 10 say. better not cult
vase while ne trees are making such
unusual growth. Better les All the
branches grow that viii. pruning otf|
the looping limbs, and leaving the up
right growth 70 later date. A north
slope would doubtless be best, but let
Us stay our hand and invite others 20
write. 20 that we can read much
more from experience"
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

The old-faahioned orchard IN memory
It's bloom L the glory Of all the round
year,
Where lover may utter with innocent
lass,
And no one win startie with " Keeps Oh
the grassI"
There the oriole flashes in black and
bright gold,
While cathisd and hlnsiay with ieaI-
ousy scold.
And wen you may know. BY the clubs
l.: its top,
What tree bears the earliest, tooth
soonest crop.
Her tent IN the branches the canksr-
worm pitches
A tent-mRker skillful, who never drops
stitches
Her childrrn unconnted squirm forth
from the nest
To gorge on green LEAKAGE and never 70
rest
TIL the farmers old musket invites
them 70 stop,
Or the woodpecker gobbles them into
hi crop.
When the sun Of Octobe; paints leaf
age and apple
With rusget and crimson and bxindle
and dapple,
And, isixing fresh tints on q calm
evening sky,
Puts a flush on the Fulton " and
stripes on the :. Spy"
How fragrant the heaps that for cellar
or mill
Lie under the trees, and the wonder
grows still
That families small many barrels must
store
OF cidsr.-for vinegar-same as Of
yorel
Fen ihs cider mill teaches Of nature
the law,
Some blessings are sweetest when
drawn through q straw;
The smaller the apple and reddeg the
skin,
Tho better the cider that's hidden
within.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

SUGAR BEkTe As pHoUTH CROP.
A writer in the Country Gentleman
saws:
a For the benefit OF ma " like my
self, who are trying 10 learn all they
can from the experience Of others,
would like 70 say something about SUI
gar beets.
/" while / was Lying in my supply
Of seed last spring, in order TO have
my experiments extended a. far a.
possible, / bought four pounds OF sugar
beet seed. Now that we have passed
perhaps the worst drouth this country
has seen for many years, and the beets
are so far along as 70 insure a large
yield, having terminated and grown
at a time when bluegrass and white
clover were being parched until the
ground became almost bare, the beets
how that they have almost, II not as
much. endurance aa any on the list
made up by the two gentlemen.
"Of course the beets would have
been larger had We had rains sooner.
BY August q the most Of them mea-
snred i've or six inches in diameter,
aud Il | understand them, as think
do, when Jack Frost comes 20 the front
and your clover and much Of your dry
season product viii have TO 90 hence,
tue sugar beets will then commence to
straighten themselves out for the best
growing done in the whole season.
should they stop now, they are worth
more 20 the acre this year than any
thing we have 80 far raised, and this
winter my COWS viii have their green
feed while many viii be patiently wait
ing for the coming Of another splirg
70 theirs.
OF course, this writer Is mistaken in
expecting the beets to grow after
Jack Frost has come to the front, !"
but here our seasons are long enough
10 matu e the beets before frost comes.
A a drouth crop. though. we know by
experience that they are good, as we
have harvested fully twenty-five tons
per acre, grown without rain.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-18

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